1939. When war sends five displaced children to her door Dodie Fitznorton knows life will never be t..

BLACKPOOL 1914. Seventeen-year-old Maddie has grown up in a boarding house on one of Blackpool's poo..

As the Great War rages Jack's toffee factory in the market town of Chester-le-Street Durham is threa..

As Europe edges closer to war Bella's world is focused on avoiding a future like her mother's. She d..

Lincolnshire 1854. After much reflection Caroline Lawson has accepted Max Cavendish's marriage propo..

Chambermaid Fanny is thanking her lucky stars she has had a second chance at life. As an unmarried m..

Kent 1828. Lizzie Carey of Castle Bay is trapped in a life she never chose - endless days of cooking..

January 1942. With female conscription now in place the Spitfire production line at the Bell Works F..

Slung out from her home and onto the slum streets of Manchester at the tender age of twelve Perdita ..

Naomi is upset to find a nasty anonymous letter land on her doorstep. Who could've sent something li..

London 1941. The war has robbed eight-year-old orphan Elsie of everything except her older brother J..

When Lucy's estranged mother dies unexpectedly her grief is overwhelming. Lucy was disowned when she..

When Olive receives a letter in the post from the father of her daughter - American soldier Joe - sh..

London 1923. Cyril Black is finally out of prison. Rather than going home to his wife and son he vis..

Kenna arrives in Sydney to surprise her best friend shocked to hear she's going to marry a guy she's..